Man Hangs Himself In Jail

DAVIE — A construction worker arrested on charges of reckless driving and driving with a revoked license hanged himself in the Davie Police Department`s holding cell Tuesday night, police said.

Ronald Allen ``Bo`` Cooper, 30, of the 3300 block of Southwest 59th Avenue, in an unincorporated area near Davie, tore his shirt to make a noose and attached it to the bars of the cell door, Detective James Ewing said Wednesday.

The Broward Medical Examiner`s Office ruled Cooper`s death a suicide, said chief investigator George Covaleski.

The arresting officer put Cooper in a holding cell at the station while he completed paperwork just before 10 p.m., Ewing said.

``(Cooper) was screaming and yelling and being boisterous,`` Ewing said. ``For reasons unknown, Cooper fashioned a noose out of his shirt and hung himself from the bars of the cell door.``

An officer found Cooper at 11:10 p.m. when it was time for Cooper to be taken to the Broward County Jail, Ewing said. Cooper was pronounced dead at 11:14 p.m. at the Davie jail by paramedics, Ewing said.